Leading the women with a pair of top finishes were junior Carmen Graves, junior Meagan Tolley, and freshman Hope Flomo. Graves had a dominating performance in the 500M (1:18), winning by a margin of 3.5 seconds over second place. She also won the long jump with a jump of 16′7.25.” 

Also performing well in the jumps was Gabe Giersch, who won the high jump with a leap of 4′11.75.”  The Maroons took first and second in the triple jump behind season best performances by Tolley (34′11”) and Brittany Cornett (34′4.25”). In addition to her triple jump victory, Tolley also took fourth-place in the long jump. 

Flomo started the day of with a victory in the 55M (7.50) dash. Freshman teammate Esther Prempeh was not far behind, crossing the finish line in second with a time of 7.62. Flomo completed her day with a second place finish in the 300M (43.43). Jessica Mejia followed closely behind with a time of 44.81 to take second place.               

Leigha Schimmoeller led the way for the distance events by taking first in the 3000M run with as time of 11:48. Also placing in the distance events was Shannin Miksek, with a third place finish in the mile. 

Roanoke hurdles had a solid day in advancing three of the seven competitors to the final heat. Sarah Witt was edged by less than a hundredth of a second to take second. Her time of 9.12 is a season best.  Tolley took third with a season best time of 9.41. Samantha Clowser had six throws in the weight throw over 12-meters (39′4”). Her best was 12.50 meters (41′) good for fourth place.    

Colton Linton led the male sprinters with several strong races. The senior won the 300M by over a second in 37.46 and also placed sixth in the finals of the 55-meter dash(6.80). Sophomore Tucker Cunningham raced to a 3^rd place finish in the 300 (38.89 seconds) and had two impressive races in the hurdles. In the trials of the 55 hurdles, Cunningham ran 8.14, and then ran 8.07 to take first in the finals. Chase Board claimed fourth in the 300 meters (39.47).    

Junior Jed Curtis also scored in the 55M hurdles.  Crossing the line in 8.39 in the trials, Curtis advanced to the finals and placed third in 8.28. In the final event of the day, Curtis leaped 5′11.5” for second in the high jump. 

In the mid-distance events, Caleb Bledsoe experienced his first college victory.  The freshman won the 500 meters in 1:09.48, while his teammate Board crossed the line in third, two seconds later. Bledsoe and Board joined Cunningham and Linton for the 4 X 400 meter relay in the final track race of the day. The maroon quartet placed second (3:34), with Bledsoe recording the fastest split.

The Maroons had several strong performances in the distance races.  AJ Bernstein raced well in his first mile of the season; his 4:32 placed him second, only a few seconds off his indoor best. Tim Smith also had a runner-up finish in the 5000 meters, crossing the line in 15:54.

For her efforts, junior Graves was named ODAC Athlete of the Week in Women’s Indoor Track. It is the second time she has recieved this weekly honor for indoor track and field.

The Maroons will return to action on January 18th, as they travel to Lynchburg to compete in the Hornet Challenge at Lynchburg College. That meet is scheduled to begin at 5:30 pm.

Jordan Troyer controls the ball for Roanoke College. - Photo by Brian Hoffman

This is the 12th ODAC Championship in Lynchburg College history and the second under head coach Chris Yeager. It is the fifth time that the Hornets have had to come-from-behind in the second half to earn a win this season.

The game was a tightly contested match, pitting two teams with a combined 19 ODAC championships. Lynchburg opened strong and had several scoring opportunities, but Roanoke keeper Ryan Russell made several nice saves to keep the Hornets at bay.

Roanoke would eventually draw the opening goal in the 24th minute as Chris Collins made a run off a long pass down the middle and lofted the ball over the keeper into the left post. The game would change in the backfield for the Maroons as team captain and All-American defender Michael Stark was injured midway through the first half and would not return. Each team played exceptional defense to thwart a few good scoring opportunities to send the game into the half with the Maroons up 1-0.

The Hornets came out strong yet again to open the second half, and it paid off for Lynchburg just 1:27 into the second stanza. A Roanoke foul allowed Josh Reed to take a free kick from about 20 yards out. Pat Brown redirected it to defender Zach Ward, who tallied his first career goal as he put the ball into the left side of the net to tie the contest at 1-1.

A Cam Smith free kick led to a Ward header that was inches away from crossing the goal line, but Roanoke’s Matt Standley made a team save and kept it a 1-1 contest at the 73:59 mark. Lynchburg scored its second goal just 29 seconds later as Ryan Renfro notched a header goal on a Reed corner kick to put the Hornets up 2-1

Scott Colman’s insurance goal late in the contest was the second of his career, as he converted on a Tony Dulak free kick to give the Hornets a 3-1 advantage.

Lynchburg outshot Roanoke 19-8, including 10-4 in the decisive second-half, and also notched five corners to just two for the Maroons. Russell has a solid game in net, recording six saves, while Matt Sturdivant posted three saves for the Hornets.

At press time the Maroons were waiting to see if they would be invited to the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid.

Emma Jones scored two goals to lead Mary Washington as she totaled five shots, two on goal. Florence George scored a goal and led the Eagles with five shots,

Helen Pearsall controls the ball for Roanoke College. - Photo by Brian Hoffman

four on goal. Amy Stevens added the other goal in addition to two shots on goal.

Taylor Cazeault and Jessica Perkins each finished the afternoon with two shots apiece. Abby Bjork totaled three defensive saves while Ashley Fuhrer had a defensive save of her own. Fuhrer set the single-season defensive saves record at Roanoke with 11 on the season. She is ranked fifth on the school’s career list.

Cristina Scichilone finished with six saves in goal for the Maroons. She surpassed her freshman year total with 124 saves on the season and is now sixth all-time on the career saves list at Roanoke.

The women will host Bridgewater in the regular season finale on Saturday, October 24. The Maroons are 37-18-2 all-time against Bridgewater. Game time is scheduled for 6 pm.

The last time the Eagles were defeated this bad was back in the 2000 season when Miami won 52-6 in the Orange Bowl.

The Hokies (5-1, 3-0 ACC) would get on the board first. After taking the opening kickoff at their own 40, the Hokies would march downfield behind the running of Ryan Williams. The Hokies would cap off the eight-play drive with a 31-yard field goal by Matt Waldron to take a 3-0 lead with 10:59 in the first quarter.

A 24-yard pass from Tyrod Taylor to Danny Coale on the Hokies second possession would give Virginia Tech a 10-0 advantage with 4:50 left in the first quarter.

Virginia Tech would start putting the game out of reach in the second quarter. A 1-yard dive Williams, a 41-yard pass from Taylor to Jarratt Boykin, a 22-yard interception by Rashad Carmichael and a Waldron 40-yard field goal would give the Hokies a comfortable 34-0 halftime lead.

The Virginia Tech defense held Boston College to three yard of total offense and no first downs in the opening half.

After giving the scoreboard operator a rest in the third quarter. Both teams would put him back to work in the fourth quarter.

With a lot of the Hokie reserves now in the game, Boston College (4-2, 2-2 ACC) would finally get on the scoreboard at the 10:55 mark of the fourth quarter. A 48-yard pass from Michael Marscovetra to Colin Larmond and Steve Aponavicius PAT would make it 34-7.

The Hokies followed with an 80-yard pass from Ju-Ju Clayton to Marcus Davis and a 1-yard plunge by David Wilson to take a 48-7 lead with 6:40 left in the fourth quarter.

A 1-yard TD pass to Lars Anderson from Marscovetra with 33 seconds left in the game, would make the final 48-14, Hokies.

For the game, Boston College finished with 163 yards of total offense, while Virginia Tech tallied 441 yard of offense.

The Eagles were led on the ground by Montel Harris, who had 43 yards on 11 carries. Starting quarterback Dave Shinskie completed 1-of-12 passes for 4-yards before being pulled. Michael Marscovetra, who came in off the bench, completed 10-of-16 passes for 114 yards.

Ryan Willaims led the Hokies rushing game with 159 yards on 18 carries. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed 7-of-10 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Ju-Ju Clayton also saw action, as he went 1-for-2 for 80 yards and one touchdown.

Virginia Tech will head to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech next Saturday. Kickoff is 6 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2.

The Hornets defeated Roanoke in three sets with scores of 25-20, 25-18 and 25-19. Kelsey Largen led the Maroons with 11 kills and nine digs. Maggie Wagner finished with six kills, 10 digs and two aces. Caitlyn Long had 27 assists, eight digs and three kills while Emily Martin totaled 14 digs and two aces.

In the second match of the afternoon, Gallaudet defeated the Maroons in four games. The Bison took the first game as they rallied back from a 20-8 deficit to win, 25-22. They won the second frame, 25-19, before the Maroons came from behind to take the third set, 25-21. The final set went back and forth, but the Bison won the match, winning by a score of 25-23.

Wagner led Roanoke with 13 kills and 13 digs. Long had eight kills, 12 digs, 30 assists and two aces. Martin and Largen had 15 and nine digs, respectively, while Shannon Stone finished with seven digs and four blocks. Kylie Lucas had five kills and three blocks.

The women were back in action Tuesday against Bridgewater and lost in three sets to a tough ODAC rival.

Next Tuesday the Maroons travel to Lynchburg to meet Randolph College before returning home for an October 2nd game with Virginia Wesleyan at the C. Homer Bast Center.